Communist activities in the peace movement (Women Strike for ...

2076 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT
posner Exhibit No. 1
STRUCTURE FOR WOMEN STRIKE FOR PEACE
METROPOLITAN N.Y. NEW JERSEY CONN.
The structure of WOMEN STRIKE FOR PEACE shall consist of
local groups from which chosen representatives then form county
groups; from which again chosen representatives form the Central
Coordinating Committee.
A local group shall consist of any body of women who have
meetings and act in concert for the general purpose of peace.
Each such group will be listed in the N.Y. office with the names
of two active persons. (This list of names, addresses and telephone
numbers will be available only for WSP activities and
mailings and are not to be open to any other group) . Local
groups should hold at least one meeting a month and send a report
of that meeting to the Central office. Each group may send
2 delegates to its county meeting.
A county group is composed of delegates representing each
local group in the area. This group should report, evaluate and
coordinate community activities, implement county actions and appoint
representatives to the Central Coordinating Committee.
County groups should meet at least once a month, preferably immediately
following a C.C.C. meeting. Local groups should then
hold their meetings immediately following County meetings.
The Central Coordinating Committee , then, is composed of
two representatives from each County or State (Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Bronx, Queens, Westchester, Long Island, Connecticut sjid
New Jersey) plus one representative from each Work Committee
(see below) plus the N.Y. Office Coordinator. All of these representatives
have one vote each. An alternate should be elected
by each area and work committee to represent her group in case
one of the representatives cannot attend a meeting.
County representatives on the C.C.C. should be delegated
for a term of two months and may serve as many terms as their
county elects. Representatives from work committees should be
delegated by their own committee ajid shall serve not less than
two months nor more than six months.
The C.C.C. will meet regularly twice a month, and may convene
themselves for emergency meetings. They will send minutes
of each meeting to every local group. A count of 15 women shall
be deemed a quorum.
The C.C.C. will base its work on the written reports which
have been sent in by the local groups. It shall have the authority
to act immediately on emergency policy decisions. Actions
shall be determined by a two-thirds vote of the women
present at the meeting. It shall approve of all expenditures
not exceeding $1000. For large expenses above $1000. the C.C.C.
must go back to the County groups for permission.